The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-18 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: No alteration is noticeable in the appearance of the discount market. The inquiry for accommoda tion is small, and the rate for first-class three months' paper continues at 81 per cent. Most parties are holding over their bills in anticipation of a reductio❑ being made in the Bank rate to-morrow. About VS,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was a slight downward tendency in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. The shares of the Tavistock Iron and Coal Com pany were in demand this day at 11 to 2 prem. The list of application is closed. The directors of the Nita' Land and Colonisation Company have just issued their report to be pre sented at the for►hcoming meeting. It states that, " After writing off' 10 per cent. of the preliminary expenses, the accounts show a net profit to the 31st December of £13466 83. 7d., of which sum £3,473 83. 9d. have been already distributed among be shareholders, leaving a balance of £9,992 19s. 10d. still to be dealt with. The directors therefore propose, on the present occasion, to pay a dividend at the rate of 6s. per share, free of income tax,lwhich will absorb a further sum of £6,918 155., making, with the previous dividend of 35., a total distribution for the year of 9s. per share, or 9 per upon the £5 paid shares, and leaving a surplus to be carried forward to the next account of £3,074 4s. 10d. In addition to the proposed dividend, the fund arising from the payment of 20e. per share on the 14,000 paid up shares to be converted into ordinary shares, as explained in the circular issued last February, will be distributed as a bonus at the rate f of 14s. on each paid up share, and 7a. on each share on which £5 have been paid. The Freehold and General Investment Company, with a capital of £250,000, the first issue to consist of half the amount in shares of £25 each, has been brought forward for the purpose of purchasing freehold and leasehold property in London and its neighbourhood. Negotiations are now in progress for the acquisition of freehold properties at the West End, and the vendors have agreed to take a portion of their money in shares of the company. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 75c. Heavy. The English Stock Market has been adversely influenced today through political rumours relative to the Conference, and Consols have declined 2- per cent., the quotations being 941 for money, and 901 9 less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities ere 8912 ; Annuities, 1835, 14 9.sixteenths ; Exchequer Bills, March, 10:?. dis.; India 5 per Cents, 1051 -}; Enfaced 4 per Cents., 932 ; and the Bonds 25 dis. Bank Stock is 237, and India Stock 217. Rather less firmness is apparent in the Foreign Market, and business is quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71+ a ; do., Consolides, 481 49; Mexican, 44/ ; do. New Loan,/ die. par.; Greek, 232 1; Spanish Passive, 34/ 4 ; Portuguese, 48Z I ; Italian, 67Z 68 ; Russian Loan, 2.14 prem. ; Swedish, do., 21 4 prem. ; and the Confederate Loan, 65 67. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been exceedingly restricted, and the only change of importance has been an advance of £2 on London and Brighton; Metropolian have im proved ss. ; and Great Western have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance as regards values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have, in some instances, been a shade flatter. Alliance have receded to 622; Bank of London to 581, ; London and Colonial have improved to 16/ 17 ; and London Financial to 281 2. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new projects Iron Wozke, 1 I prem.; Imperial Bank of China, 1 a t prem.; Provincial Banking Corporation, 1 f prem.; In ternational Land Credit Company, 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894.... Ditto 6 per Cent., Jan. 1873 . Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 14 946 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. March. Juno. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2t & 3 per Cent. 10 die Ditto £500 Ditto £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 5/ per Ct. Ditto Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1871 217 E Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent . . 031 Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. • Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto Bonds .0,000 — Ditto under £l,OOO 25 die FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 B7l Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account — Chili= 6 per Cent. lO2l Ditto 41 pet Cent. Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 — Ditto Scrip £5O paid • • i pm Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Egyptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., ,1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred B} , Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 4i per Cent Ditto Account.... I:itto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Ditto 4f per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 86,1 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 481 Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, #: St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 .. Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent,' 1862 Ditto 1861 Scrip, £lO paid Ditto Anglo-Dutch Sardinian to per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent ) Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 344 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account ................ Swedish, 4 per Cent ............... Ditto Scrip, £2O paid Pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account — Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account " Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 1863 .. Ditto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent - Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent, 1861 Ditto 11 Der Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond a. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 41 per Cont., Ex. 25f Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull 64 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account ............ THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money Ditto Account .......... 90i g x d Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market firm and quiet. Sales, 7,000 bales. In t . porta, 8,161; previously, 53,863. Share stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stack stock spook 105 100 5 41 T SECURITIES. IC3 4 103 105 102 104 102 104 00 04 89 91 106 108 107 109 1(8 110 110 112 102 104 106 108 106 108 101 103 99 100 99 101 99 101 10) 111 [O3 105 [O9 111 - - [Ol 108iiI id 32 31 NO 670 67 70 30 31 6t (1 3} 4 7 9 2i 3 34 36 91 91- 58 40 4 6 15 17 41 5i d S 3 g a 31 If 16 2 4 4 40 50 28 SO I 8 19 9 10 16 18 185 195 90 95 30 35 2.0.6 - 3.5.8 2 I 8 12 14 5Si 225 23i I 7 .20 21 3.17 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 107 Great Western, 4 per cent. lrred., 87 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 102 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 135 North British, Border Union gua. pret. Sh., 11 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, 4tc., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., Ditto, ditto, C. 6 per cent. 79 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 1141 Midland Bradford prefl stock, 94i FOREIGN RAILWAY& Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9i Bahia and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent, 171 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 14 Sambre and Meuse, 8 ban I'aulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 11} Ditto (all), 201 20 FOREIGN MMES. Cape Copper, lim.. 12i Kapunda (Urn.), 1* Santa Barbara (bold Mine (Urn.), St. John del Itey (lira.), 45 Yudananiutana of S. Australia, Um., 3* DOCKS. Southampton, 62 BANKS. 90i i COLONIAL GOVER p.c.J &Jul) - 1877-84 1)0. K p. c. Feb. er At 4; Do. 6 p. c. Mar. it Sept. Do. a p. c. Ja.n.&.; uly. Do. 5 !nseribed stock' Cape G.llope, a p o,lBn Do.Ap ,t Oct. 1880 Do. Do. Jan. Sr .July, 1891.. ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c Mauritius 6 per cent .. 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. IN.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oci. N. S.W. Gov. 5p I,lBtif - Do. 5 p. c.,lBti to P.:7f - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds - ,New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling', 1875. Queensland Gcv. 6p. o. IS.Aus G6p.c.lB7B.drup.. - Via Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dr,July Do. io e mu. An.eioa.. Alliance (11m.), 654_2.1 Ditto, new, 56 21 Anglo Austrian, 71 Australasia, 74 Bank of utago, lira., 41 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 131 British and Californian, lira., 6 Chartered tier, of India, London, and China, 701 70 Consolidated Bank, lira., . East London, lim.. 81 European Bank, Urn., 12k / Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira,), 33 Ditto, new, 15 Imperial Bank Ditto, new, 25. Imperial Ottoman, 9 1;c Land Mortgarre Bank of Indi a , lira 1 London Bank of Scotland, Inn., 22"1 London and Brazilian aim). 581 London and Colonial (lim), 16 17 London and County, 64 London, Hamburg. Cont. Exchange, lim., 181 London Joint Stock, 49 £Q London and Northern, lira., 23 London and South African, 26 London and 11 cstminster, 911 Merchant Bank, lira., 231 Mercantile and Exchange. lira., 191 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 11w., 321 Mexican, lira., 67 7 New South Wales, 561 1 London, Birtm, and S. Staffordshire, lim., 241 51 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 61 I Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm.. Hi I Oriental Bank Corporation, 621 Union of London, 591 81 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Laid and Finance, 1im.,`31 3 :Berlin Water Works, lira.. 81 City Offices, lira., 13 Company of African Merchants, lim., 21 Continental Union Gas, Um., 6) 1 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC&S. Share! Railways. r a m . Closing Business i Price. f done. 13 . 14 . Mr.. Wol., and Str. Val, all s h at Blythe and Tyne. 10 B ost,Sleat,andlllid.Co all 8 4 9 at Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian ... 10/ 1181 1194 50 Cork and Bandon a:- 20 Cornwall 10 D o A (A gets no di', all 10 Do. B till 6p c.p an.has t all been paid to 13. 60 Dublin & Belfast June. all 35 87 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. all 1 6 17 at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 68 00 at (}lash, and S. Western.' , lOO 10 t 106 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk lOO 47 '; 7 4n i st Ditto A stock - - et Ditto East Ang•lian st 100 61 71 st GreatNorthof Scotland 100 st, Great Northern lOO 129 131 at Do A stock WO 138 140 ' 1391 1 st Do 13 do at Gt. S. an , l W. of Irelaru, 100 90 92 st (3reat Western at Do Str Val gun. sto?,lz 100 ! st Lancashire & Yorkshire , 160 : 1111 1111 1111 1 , 1 st Loudon and Blackwall' 100 05 67 66 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 ! IC3 105 1' 31 341 et Lcn., Chat., and Dove' 100 40 4 t 411 1101 1 et Lon. & North Western 100 1 1101 11l 111 1 log. 11 st Lon. & Ser.th Western 100 07/ 081 97/ 8 at Man., Shot, & Lincoln. 100 531 541 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 Do j shsres st Metropolitan at Midland Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 1 02 1(4 5 0 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Beat ,, all 10 Do Cray Line et North British at Edin, Perth, & Dundee 100 246 25; at Nth. Eastern—Berwiok 100 101 1011 1011 / 25 Do, G.N.E. rural...as( 16.13.4 0 at Do Leeds lOO 571 681 571 at Do York et Do Carlisle lOO at (North London 10 i Do New r.ll6.4:North Staffordshire .. all 1 76 78 10 N. and S. W. Junction, all 101 111 et Scottish Central at Soot. N. E., Aber. stools 100 39 40 at Do Scot. Mid. stook lOO 10 Shrews. and Weichpoo; all at ,Shropshire Union at !South Devon lOO 33 85 at 'South Eastern at South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 100 103 106 20 LA,taines,Wok.,andWok all 75 85 25 Stockton & Darlington all 364 371 25 Do l7 95 10 , 25 Do New, 1866 lO 8 84 e st Tail Vale.. 10 Do B 8 5 7 10 Do C i.... 3 3 1 l 50 Ulster 45 Do 1.10 Do at Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim lOO st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 it West Cornwall 1 100 it 'W. Hartlepool Ilar.&R ) 100 at West Midland --Oxford, 100 it Do Newport; 100 -- -- it Do Heretordi 100 -- BRITISH POSSESSIONS. fl I I CV ay 6 A Vantie & St Lawrenc( Bon.,Baroda&.Cent Ini Gu. S per cent.. Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and LaEe Huron' Do. Preference BrautAG odriel : ' p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, IS72' Do. do. July 1, 187:. Do. do. June 1, Iti7.; Clcutta.e: S. Na stn. ( ..•;apeTown DockScrii Hastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. II Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Prof. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th l'ref. stook... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Ut. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ....... Do. 8 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. .. Do. 4/ p. 0. Extensionl DC. Ih' Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. R p. c. Buds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßruuswick t Cands Class A. and B. N.Rl.C'daC pc Ist pi bds Sande Do. Delhi Do. do z Do. Punjaub Do. Do. .... •• .• Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 100 al] 1 DO Paid, all Closing Price. 59 617 102 103 k 7i all *ll 10u t cl I p 64 84 91 77 82 77 82 77 82 101 t( 3 98 100 105 107 104 t 1 1051 t P 20 21 72 14 61 63 63 65 53 55 47 41 40 42 26 28 24 C 6 104 105 I 1 1021 1031 10 10; 10.1 1O 90 02 82 81 Par 41) ,02 lu3 96 98 9.: 91 57 59 3 6 82 /4 102/ 103/ 101 103 d p tu2 103 93 95 104 I I i Business done 601 104 1 9,l+'f. i 12.10 BRITISH MI: I uambrian Consol. Gold Amalgamated ) Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd Mast Caradon ...... East Cam Brea... Russel (Tavistk.); GsmASt.Aubyn(Gwen . Great south Tolgus Vor (Helston !Grenville .. emd's-Foof tlingaton Downa ' Lady Bertha 'Margaret (tiny Lelant Marke 'Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ! New Setun North Downs N.Wh'i Basset North Wheal Crotty I Par Consols (St. Blazey Providence (Uny Lelnt.), South Caradon(St.Cleer,l S. Cam Brea (illogan) 15... Wheal Fran. (Mogan; 'Stray Park ramar Silv.d; Lead Min rin Croft 1 West Basset (Illozan) W Cr radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller(Redruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant) Wheal Ludcott ...... Wheal MaryAnn(Men.)l Wheal Oeton Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)! Wheal Union 21 191 21 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.0.5 li 2.14.6 3.4.0 8.13.0 lis 40 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.0 4.3 0 18.18.9 30.17.6 108 i 8 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAV EVENING, MAY 18, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS—Continued. Credit Foncier, 115 13 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim„ 4i Crystal Palace, 33 24 3 Egyptian Corn, and Trading, Um. 5 4 English and Australian Copper, 14 English and Scottish Marine, lim., 51 6 Financial Corporation, 45 4 Financial Discount, lim., 41 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 64 1 7 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., General Steam Navigation, 271 Hudson's Bay, in I Imperial Financial, lim., 94 4 8 1 International Financial Society, lim., 11: 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavouri, Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 865 Joint Stock Discount. lim., 74 London Financial Association, lim., 284 London General Omnibus Company, 24 k Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 16 National Discount Company, Jim., 145 Ditto, new, 9: Nova Sco:ia Gold and Land, lim, Ditto, ditto, 23 3 24 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 51 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 55 Societe Fina, ciere d'Egypte 6 5i Trust and Agency of Australasia, 1irn.125 3 Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 51:5 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) -~- LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant and a Jury.) ADVERTISING FOR EMPLOYMENT. - A NEW CHIMNEY POT,-HADDON Y. RAKER. This was an action to recover commission for selling a new and improved chimney-pot, and it created some amuse • ment. Mr. Besley appearing for plaintiff, and Mr. Collins for the defendant. It appeared that plaintiff saw an advertisement in the Daily lelegraph for canvassers for an article in daily and great request. He was to have a commission on all he sold and ho set out that he had introduced the article in a few places, but with great difficulty. In cross-examination plaintiff said he went round with a sample, worse luck. (Great laughter.) Mr. Collins—Why so ? Plaintiff—Because I had to drag about all day with one of the chimney-pots under my arm, in a hat-box. (Laughter.) It was like a great pillow. Mr. Collins—Why did you not put it on your head. (Great laughter.) Plaintiff—Because my head does not smoke. (Renewed laughter.) Another witness deposed to having gone round, but he was not bothered with samples. He sold without. An attempt was made to refer the case, but plaintiffs counsel declined, and defendant's counsel endeavoured to show that plaintiff was seeking to recover for more pots than he had sold, The inventor of the new chimney pots said he made cer tain terms with the plaintiff, lower than those claimed. Defendant was the capitalist. Mr, Besley—iN ow is this your advertisement—" Wanted agents everywhere to introduce the overlastiog mousetrap." (Roars of Laughter). Witness—lt is. Witnesses were called to show that special terms had been agreed upon before the plaintiff went to work. His Lordship having summed up, The jury found for the plaintiff for his claim less 10s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. Progress of Ordnance at Home and Abroad, The above was the title of a most important and interest.. ing lecture delivered by Commander R. A. E. Scott ) R.N., at the United Service Institution, on Monday evening; Captain Heath in tlte chair. Capt. Scott remarked' that at his lecture in January, 1862, he had to describe the French cast-iron guns, hooped, rifled, which still fired the round ball, and made use of rifle pro jectiles with a l ow charge for the purposes of bombardment. Now the F renc h were fast making steel guns, which they had rifled u p on a simple plan, and It had been said that 4- one-third in c h p l ates with wooden backing had been pierced at 1,000 y ar d s b y a steel shot from a gun weighing 6 tons. The rifling of their field-pieces, which are muzzle loaders, continued unchanged, and the projectiles have similar stude to those that were first adopted. American officers who had taken part - in the struggle going on between the North and the South had told him that in that country the navy heed always been opposed to the iifled guns, and although several of the l arger Parrotts have been introduced it had been in oppositi on to their opinion. One officer, who had commanded a squadron, told him that the craws w ere afraid to use the tilled g uns , an d th a t i n consequence he gradually got rid of all but a few light chase pieces. The experience at Charleston amply confirmed this idea, fur a large proportion of the Parrott rifles gave way below :an average of 300 rounds each, and most of them gave way towards the muzzle, owing to the increasing twist checking the shell, and so causing an explosion in the gun. They stood pretty well when fired horizontally, but could not stand high elevations where the recoil was reduced. The new cast.iron 10-inch American gun of 74 tons, with a special charge of 431 b., was the most powerful broadside gull in the world. This charge was only in tended to he used when the gun was employed against an iron-clad. The 11-inch Dalhgren guns had been ordered by the Secretary to the Navy to fire a charge of 301 b. of powder when engaging an iron -clad; but the usual charg e was settled at 291 b. fcr a solid shot, and 151 b. for a shell. The light charges of 301 b. were adopted after many trials, when it was found that 11 inch charcoal iron guns were far stronger than anticipated, and that as an iron-clad would be engaged at close quarters and the gun would bo laid nearly horizontal, it would have but a comparatively small strain thrown upon it. The Southern States, although un accustomed to the manufacture of iron, soon started a foun dry, and had continued to turn out guns in considerable numbers. The size of bore most in use for their defaces was a 10-inch. It was round steel shot from smoothbore guns of this size which did such good service at Charleston, and large quantities of the shot were made by Mr. Vavas seur, the present manager of the Blakely Ordnance Com pany. Several other English makers also assisted, and the shot was sent out as " cheese." The Southerners had a pet rifle called after Captain Brook, which—like the Parrott gun--is of cast iron strength ened with a band over the breech. They found, however, from the capture of the Atlanta, that they were greatly mistaken as to the power of the rifle, and that after all the smooth bore was the best gun, What dispelled their confidence was a 4eolb. shot from a Rodman gun on board the 'Weehawken, which shook every tirriber of the Atlanta, and killed or wounded about 40 men, besides paralysing the remainder of the crew. The Southerners had received a considerable number of field guns from Europe, some strengthened iron guns of large bore, and some steel guns. But the Blakely Company knew more about that part of the subject than the lecturer did, The Prussian system—from which the English lead -coating and breech loading was a delicate off-shoot —consisted of a rifling similar to the Parrott and Manton, with the exception that the grooves narrowed towards the muzzle, and so relieved the strain upon the gun. It was possible that this ingeni ous arrangement suggested the contrivance of the muzzle nips in the English fine grooved and shunt guns, as well as for the French plan, the principle being similar to that of our early Enfields. The Prussian projectiles were leaded so as t es show large projectiles of lead, which squeeze down into, the rifling with comparative small strain. They first need ono and then two wedges in their breech-loading, but, they have not found breech -loading so satisfactory as they anticipated for 24-pounders. The Prussians com menced with a field-piece made by Krupp of mild steel, and the wear of these guns had given them no reason to regret their choice of material. They then con verted their brass guns into rifled breech-loaders. They are now replacing their new 24-pounder rifled guns of 50 or 60 cwt. and their cast-iron rifles by steel guns. It appeared to have been a shot from one of these steel 24- pounders that lately damaged the Danish cupola ship by striking her ore the deck. Referring next to the Austrians , Captain Scott remarked that after numerous experiments with gun-cotton, and almost perfecting its use they seemed unwilling to incur further expense, and therefore the manu facture was drooping. In the matter of artillery they had made but little progress dining the past year. The position of the Spanish, Swedish, Danish, and Italian artillery was also about the same as it was in the beginning of 1862, The Russians had been recently nuking numerous experiments. They had copied the French system of grooving. England had supplied them with a large number of steel shot, and it was understood that most of the 9-inch and 11-inch built up steel guns now making by the Blakely Company were for that nation. The Russians had also given large orders to Krupp for solid steel guns, and had also caused several to be made in their own country ; but the larger charges and heavy elongated shot used had prevented the heavy solid rifled guns yet tried from withstanding 100 consecutive discharges —a failure which might be cured by the use of lighter shot. But there could be no doubt that the guns were powerful, and behind the iron slabs with which their forts are to be covered they would prove very formidable antagonists to any ships daring to attack them, for they could fire round shot with the heaviest charges. Having thus briefly noticed the progress of ordnance abroad the lecturer directed attention to proceedings at home ; but inasmuch as when Sir William Armstrong's system was adopted it was said that the country was bound to work it out, any remarks upon home ordnance must necessarily be confined to a resumd of the progress and results of that system. He (Captain Scott) had the grati fication of stating, in connection with that system, that not only had the Armstrong 12 pounder been reduced a foot in length, but by the skill of Lieutenant Reeves of the Royal Artillery, a sort of Dutch case had been adapted to the gun for use at close quarters. Instead also of the new guns being made of an excessive length, the 600 pounder is so short that it approaches the howitzer in that respect. The fifty Somerset guns building in the Arsenal were all that could be desired f or 6 ton naval guns. The vent piece of the Armstrong was giving a vent hole throu g h the gun, thus following eh sely the Russian type; an d althou way to the double wedges a n d gh the fine grooving had not been entirely abandoned no new 160 pounders were now being so rifled. In a word, breech loading was flickering in its socket before having been finally given up by Sir William Armstrong. The shunt system, of which the disadvan tages had already been pointed out, is also on the wane, it having been proved that the early impression as to the d a mage done to the muzzle from squeezing the shot was well founded. The whole of the heavy guns rifled on this plan had cracked round the muzzle. So, after all, it was now plain groove, with sharp corners. But the same ten in co ntemplation to gi ve up the shunts and grips, and come to a dency to fracture existed in these sharp cornered grooves as in the shunt groove. r. saapt. Scott next proceeded to notice used, and rem ar k ed that the Armstrong ordnance the Armstrong a nd Whitw or th compet i t i on. He described the guns emp l oye d comprised all Sir William's latest improvements, but did not o t include any gun no w use d i n th e serv i ce, not withstanding all that t h e nation had paid for the earlier fo r ms of the A rmstr ong gun. M r Whi twort h brought to the contest thre e 12 pounders and th ree 70 pounders, such as he proposed for the s ervice. He had roun d e d out the angles of his rifl in g , a nd his shot were ent i re l y o f i ron r ounded at the corners--an improve men t w hi c h h a d greatly on the dri v i ng side of the gun's rifling lreisisse;dpotuhnecie ; Wear rsweighed about 78 cwt. Captain Scott then al account of the result of the expe rimentsShoeburyness with these rival guns. Upon the at he remarked that it was s o far below the breech-loader that some of its strongest standard of the others supporters said—" us, at all events, have a breech had at last ba d good reason to say so, for whenever the escape of gas. It was useless conse • 40 or 50 rounds were fired consecutively, even with moderate men i n the rear of the gun had their faces l g e a a v d e e r a ; n a g n and technical e t e y e c quickness, the became so agitated and nervous in fact that soldiers were as fearful of 71 t i me by a spectator. The 70 once put in the wrong way, and not screwed up. Both a these 200 rounds fired about fortnight rapid oah n pod: further rul firing nhr t b ieanr e sg s sathi blacken ed l concealaotrs d,tuahraei dn g l e a d s , i but the lecturer had n o ago the vent-piece was t he Whitworth o n, th e projectiles lecturer remsva remarked r than the Armstrong shot. the Palliser guns were next de fectsonce the were breechhapp happily screw seen questions was a great national place earlier, and conducted havepounder hesitation greater The Mackay, the BlakelYt passed in review, and, had ln stating notpenetrating y that a b i nt e e epe n no3anvr t n r cde l thoroughly, a very large sum of money would have been advantage, chat the d s a c n u d s s hadion o i f t t t a h k e se saved which had been expended upon weapons now proved e ly co u little y_ v_ al a u n e i . a u T f a h e i t s u r e which money hi h would w a s employed in dev e l op i ng the steel manufacture r p mo a f r o a rte t hi usefullyve admitted by Sir W m . Armstrong himself t o be still far behind the n t great e est h a Prussian firm represented by Krupp. All other utilised the material a l ready in hand, e ou r and expended very little upon ne w gene; but .England at once commenced a new man ufacture, whi c h was pointed out at the time to b e imperfect; and at th e p resent moment there wa s n o t a s i ng l e portion of any of Sir Willi am ' s plans • of rifling which co u ld be adapted_ to a naval gun. Some remarks upon the many failures of the Armstrong guns in active service ; the benefits that would accru e from the sub ject of naval guns being taken up by a committee of prac • tical naval officers and the best mode of plating vessels, brought the lecture to a conclusion. In the course of the discussion which followed, Captain Selwyn commented adversely upon the late leading article in the Times upon the practical lesson to be deduced from t the lat e fi g ht i n th e N ort h Sea. The Ti mes declared that guns and l o ng ra nges would decide f u t ure ac ti ons; and the Times also made other remarks concerning which Captain Selwyn observed that it was very dangerous to the naval supremacy of the country that the leading journal should draw such incorrect conclusions and teach such false lessons. Young naval officers were, perhaps, better instructed in the conten Is of the daily papers than in the duties of their profession, and were therefore likely to pay too much attention to the remarks of those gentlemen who, sitting at home at ease, seemed to be eatable of saying all kinds of things upon all subjacts. No naval action ever had been or ever would be decided at long ranges. On the contrary, he believed in the tactics gallantly pursued by the Austrians in going into close quarters and doing what they could, although in that case, as in many others, two to one was one too many. A vote of thanks brought the proceedings to a close. Mr, Dion Boucicault and Mr, Webster, " THE FOX CHASE.' iltE LDI . TOR or THE SUN. Sfit,—An announcement to the following effect has been made to the public by Mr. Web4cr, the manager of the St. James's Theatre, in reference to wy new comedy, in five acts, entitled the " Fox Chase" " Notico.—This comedy, when sold to Mr. Benjamin Webster, was guaranteed to be new and original,' or it would not have been so announced; but Mr. Eoucicault has just acknowledged, in a private letter, that he took the idea from the French drama of Sullivan.' " As this notice has been freely repeated and commented upon by the press, I beg of your courtesy and sense of jus tice to admit my reply. I have not acknowledged in a private letter that I " took the idea from the French drama ' Sullivan;' three weeks ago, in a letter to Mr. C. Mathews, I observed that the story of my piece was the same as " David Garrick," then forthcoming at the Haymarket ; the anecdote underlying the two sub jects being the same. I now beg Mr Mathews to suffer this letter to be published. There is nothing in it of a pri vate nature, and there could be no reason for withholding the whole of it from publication, except a desire to mis-state a part of its contents. Mr Matt hews knew that I had pro duced the piece completed, and in good form, in America, in 1844, and he wrote to me concerning these alterations and additions. I replied that I had no copy by me of the New York edition, and if the incomplete copy in Mr Webster's hands were thrust on the stage, it would barely escape failure. Tho facts are these :—ln 1863 I offered Mr Webster an unfinished comedy in five acts, called " The Married Bachelor ; or, Don Quixote the Second ;" he lent me £5O upon it; and it is needless to observe that such an amount is a very small part of the value of a "new and original" comedy in five acts, such as Mr. Webster states he pur chased under my guarantee. He made no inquiries as to its originality. For eleven years the play remained un noticed in his possession, until the 2d of May, when he advertised simply "a new comedy," by Dion Boucicault, Esq., to be produced on Saturday, May 7. On that day he postponed the performance for three days, and altered his description of it, calling it a "now and original" comedy, which announcement he maintained for three days—long enough to enable him to issue the above notice on the day of performance. As " David Garrick" was produced at the Haymarket a week before my comedy was announced as "new and ori ginal," as my private latter was antecedent to that period. Mr. 'Webster was fully acquainted with the similarity which existed between the two works, and his announce ment was thus made to create an occasion to make an apology in the form of the above notice. leave it to the public to form their o cm opinion upon the motives which have induced this gentlemen to produce my work in a manner to secure the failure I predicted, and then to place a playbill in the hands of the audience on the first night, containing a further inducement to them to condemn the play tendered for their entertainment. —Your obedient servant, DioN BOUCICAULT. Manchester, May 13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Utterers of untruths should have good memo ries," is an old saying, and Mr. Boucicault's is rather at fault. Mr Boucicault, in his letter relative to the comely of " The Fox Chase," says that he did not state that he took his idea from the French drama of " Sullivan," but from the same source as "David Garrick" at the Haymarket, which is avowedly " Sullivan"--a distinction without a difference. "We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us," it seems- I hope Mr C. Mathews will com ply with Mr Boucicault's request and publish his letter. 1 ask fOr no better sample of Mr Boucicault's epistolary style. I have a vast number of Mr Boucicault's letters which, if he desires to see in print, his wish shall be instantly acceded to, with notes. Mr Boucicault states that in 1853 he offered me an un finished comedy, in five acts, called " The Married Bachelor ; or, Don Quixote the Second." That I lent him £5O upon it and made no inquiry as to its originality. Now mark, sir, how a plain tale sets him down, The comedy was not only finished up to the last speech, but had been carefully rewritten in parts, as the manuscript in my possession will amply prove. In verification of its being finished, it was offered, and I presume accepted, at the Royal Princess's Theatre on December 12, 1852, nine months before he brought it to me, and afterwards to the Lyceum Theatre, but whether before or after it was sold to me I have no data at present to ascertain precisely. Knowing that Mr. Boucicault's originality in " London Assurance" and other dramatic works had been rather seriously questioned, I required Mr. Boucicault's assurance that this comedy was " new and original." He assured me it was entirely so, and on the title-page of each act is written by Mr. Boucicault himself "A new and original comedy in five acts, by Dion Boucicault." In addition to this, the memorandum of agreement, dated September 5, 1853, drawn up by himself and witnessed by my son, commences— "Received fifty pounds on account of my new and original comedy, Don Quixote the Second,' being half the entire purchase money, if successful." It must be understood that Mr. Boucicault was in the continual habit of borrowing sums of money of me, and working a portion of each piece. I have before me now his I 0 U for £2OO, dated June 23, 1853, scarcely three months before the arrangement for the comedy. This I OU, with many others, are now only curious autographs, as Mr. Boucicault's incidental residence in America for seven years allowed him the advantage of the Statute of Limita tions. The production of the comedy until now was delayed in consequence of the illness and death of Mr. Wright, for whom the character of Tom Waddy was written. I pro posed it as the first piece to be produced this season at the St. James's Theatre, and knew nothing of its not being original; but "The Silver Lining " was preferred. However, being confident in the word and honour of Mr. Boucicault as to the originality I did not conceive delay was dangerous. Upon finding that I had been imposed on, at a time when I was his only friend, I thought it a duty to myself to announce the fact. I appeal to the public if his borrowed work has not been produced and cast in a manner to secure the success of any drama deserving success, and not in a manner, as he asserts, to secure its failure and condemn the play. The artists saved it, and were twice called at the end. Doubtless Mr Boucicault has been con founding this comedy with three or four others that he had advances of money to write, but forgot to do all but the titles.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, Royal St. James's Theatre, May 17. B. WEBSTER. Condemnation of La Pommerais, PARIS, May 17 (Evening). _ . The trial of the poisoning case of La Pommerais was concluded today. The jury found the prisoner guilty of poisoning the widow De Pauw. No men• tion of extenuating circumstances having been made, La Pommerais was condemned to death. The main points relied upon by the prosecution were : That the deceased died of poison. 2. That the 'poison was the nature of those which, belonging to the vegetable kingdom, might leave no characteristic traces in the organs, and might not be eliminated by chemical analysis, but which revealed their presence by their effects, and were discovered by the deadly action which they exercised upon living animals. 3. The experts attracted not only from the matter vomited by Madame Pau w on the flooring of her room, but also from the organs which were analysed, a toxical principle which, being tried upon animals, produced effects analogous to those experienced by Madame Pauw. 4. These effects and this action greatly resemble those known to be produced by digitalis, and the medical men, without positively affirming that digi talis was the poison used, say there is a strong pre sumption that Madame Pauw's death was caused by that substance. 5. Madame Panw was in no way ill till the day before her death; the alleged affection of the heart and stomach for which she consulted several doctors was like the fall she said she had had—fables in vented by her, or to which she lent herself. 6. The autopsy silo wed conclusively that she neither died from a fail nor from internal hemorr hage, nor acute or chronic gastritis, nor from a per foration of the stomach, nor from any natural cause. 7. That poison was found in the prisoner's house, which he cannot account for. B._That digitalis was one of these poisons. THE PRUSSIAN S IN JUTLAND.—We learn from a reliable source that on the 11th inst., the day previous to that fixed for the cor.mencement of the truce, Field Marshal Wrangel imposed a fresh contribution on the m' habitants of Jutland, and that the troops under his corn • wand actually levied it on the 13th and 14th inst, MARLBOROUGH STREET COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE.—BRUTAL ASSAULT ON THE MESSENGER OF THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.--John Kennedy, one of a number of fellows who nightly hang about the Haymarket Theatre, and cause great confusion by running after and annoying persons leaving the theatre to know whether they require cabs, &c., was brought be fore Mr. Knox charged with the following brutal assault on Alfred Bell, messenger at the Haymarket Theatre. Bell said that on the previous he saw the prisoner and three other men at the dress circle entrance of the theatre annoyirg ladies by soliciting them to have cabs. He attempted to move the men, when the prisoner turned round and gave him a violent blow on the nose, knocking him down, and on getting up the prisoner gave him another blow in the face and then ran away. In answer to Mr. Knox, the complainant said ho had not been to a doctor yet, but his nose was broken. Police• constable 300 A proved pursuing the prisoner and taking him into custody. The prisoner said he was shoved by the complainant, and he thought he was justified in striking him. Mr. Knoi said the prisoner was one of a gang of touters who hung about the theatre and were a perfect nuisance. The complainant was only doing his duty in trying to re move them, so that persons leaving the theatre should he allowed to do so without being annoyed, when the prisoner commits a violent assault upon him and breaks his nose, He should sentence the prisoner to two months imprison ment with hard labour. CAUTION TO BEERSHOP KEEPERS.--MT Daniel Bard, the keeper of a beershop at High-street, St, Giles's, was summoned by the police for opening his house for the sale of beer before one o'clock on Sunday. Inspector James Brennan, of the F division, proved visiting the defendant's house at a quarter pas 12 on Sun day morning, the Bth inst., in company of Sergeant Ackrill, and seeing six men standing in front of the bar, one of them drinking from a quart pot containing malt liquor. Having called Mrs Bard's attention to the men being there, ho went into a room at the rear of the bar and saw some men sitting at a table, on which were strewed some playing cards. There was also a quart pot with beer in it. Mrs Bard represented the persons in the room as her lodgers. In answer to Mrs Bard, who represented the husband, Inspector Brennan said the door of the house was not shut, only closed to. Sergeant Ackrill corroborated the inspector, and said that on leaving with the inspector he placed a constable to watch the house to see whether any of the persons Mrs. Bard said were lodgers come out. A constable said from a quarter past 12 to 2 o'clock he saw persons leave the house and one enter. Mrs Bard having called some witnesses, Mr Knox aseertained from the inspector that the defen dant had previously been fined 20s and costs for keeping his house open till a quarter past one. The inspector and sergeant both stated that bad charac ters frequented the house. Mrs Bard said the police had not told the truth. Mr Knox said he did not believe two such intelligent officers as the inspector and sergeant would swear what was not true. The defendant was fined 20s and costs. THAMES. ROGUES IN GRAIN.—SCANDALOUS ROBBERY.—Thomas Clark, George 0 wen, and George Wilton, were brought before Mr Paget, charged with being concerned in stealing three sacks of oats, the property of Messrs. Sewell and Co., farmers, of Carbury, near Woodford-bridge, in Essex. Yesterday, in consequence off' information received, a, police-constable named Louis Lambert, 311 K, received instructions from Inspector Kenessey, of the K division, to watch Messrs Sewell's vans and carts on their way to London, as it was believed some of their men were robbing them of corn to a gres.t extent. Lambert saw a van drawn by three horses bel.-jeging to Messrs Sewell, and in charge of Clark, drive to the Bird-in-Hand publichouse in Bow in the after-,oon. The team stopped there. Owen, who is employet at the stables atttched to the Bird-in-Hand, took a sac 7 :‘ of oats off the van, carried his load down the yard of th'd Bird-in •Hand, and was joined by Wilton, who is the ostler to another publican named Flowers, who is also a contractor, and lives nearly opposite Wilton, opened a padlock which secured the stable door, brought out another sack, and held it wide open while Owen discharged the sack of oats he took from the van into it. Lambert then made his appearance and at once captured the two ostlers, who seemed thunderstruck. Lambert also made a prisoner of Clark. There were two moro sacks of oats in the van, and Lambert believed they would have been taken into the stables of the Bird• in• Hand it he had not been pre sent. The prisoners begged most • earnestly of Lambert to release them, and offered him money. Wilton said, " I'll give you anything to let me go." In answer to Mr. Paget, the constable said Clark was present when Owen took the sack of oats off the van, and while it was being taken into the stable he stood in the road close to his horses. Mr. Henry Sewell, solicitor, and in partnership with his brother as a farmer, in Essex, said the three sacks of oats belonged to him and his brother. He looked at the samples of black oats taken from the sacks, and a sample taken from a building on his farm. The samples were all alike. He had a manufactory in London. The van ought to have come up empty yesterday. The horses were fed with a mixture of chaff and oats in nosebags. There ought not to have been any oats in sacks in the van. Clark had been carter and foreman in his employ at the farm for three years. Lambert said that two other men in Messrs. Sewell's employ had been engaged in stealing their corn, and asked for a remand. Mr. Pagot remanded the prisoners for a week. ANOTHER FAMINE IN HUNGARY.--The Pestic Hirnok, professes to have learned from reliable sources that the recent hard frosts have destroyed nine-tenths of the rape and four-tenths of the wheat sown in Hungary. The loss sustained is estimated at 40,000,000fi., but the accuracy of the estimate is questionable. THE MURDER ON BOARD THE SAXON.—There is a naval court-martial in session at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, for the trial of Acting Master Charles Danenhower, of the United States navy, upon a charge of murder on the high seas, in shooting James Gray, mate of the British barque Saxon, in October last, off the coast of Africa. The charges are preferred by Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, upon the information of Lord Lyons, the British Minister. The case was submitted to a court of Liquify, after the return of the Vanderbilt, on which the accused was serving, and he was fully exonerated from blame, and justified for the act, and the finding, it was understood, was approved by ate Secretary of the Navy. His lordship the British Minister, not being satisfied with the result of the pro ceedings, has induced the Government to convene a court martial for the trial of Mr. Danenhower, and the case is, as we have said, in process of trial.--. Yew loric Church-rates in New Parishes. Itricts. Mr. G, GoWLAND, who was called to the chair, said that the object of the Attorney-General's bill, which contained upwartle of 300 clauses, would apply to the whole of the 1,600 new parishes already created, as well BO to those which might be formed in future years ; he thought that in the present state of the church eveh a movement ou the part of the government was highly injudicious. The bill was in direct epposition to the promise of Sir 113bert P.:el when he introduced the Church Building Ast of 1828; and he thought that liberal churchmen, as well as dissenters, should come for ward in opposition to the rate, for the result of the bill if passed would be that parishes now free from church rates would be saddled with them. Mr C. STOVEL said that every year made the law of church rates more intricate, And it was necessary, therefore, that they should watch ailpointsof the law in their most delicate applications. When he and others conferred with Earl Grey, in 1834, on dissent ing grievances, his lordship said that the natural re sult of dissenting principles must be the destruction of the church, and that churchmen saw that point as clearly as dissenters themselves. He thought, there. fbre, that dissenters ought to state what they wanted and what they intended to do, so that there might be some moral dignity in their proceedings. He thought Lord Grey was right, and he for one had never hesitated to declare, as a dissenter, that he desired the severance of the Church from State. He contended that the church establishment was the greatest impediment to personal religion, and the most powerful machinery in existence for promoting infidelity. He concluded by moving the first reso lution :—" That this meeting deprecates a legalised and compulsory system of public worship and re- ligious teaching In any case; end in whatever form, as being contrary to Christian principle, and unjust to the citizens who bear that wrong; but that is intensely aggravated when, as in the present state of the English hierarchy, it is designed to support teachings which are either not explicable at all or not to be ex plained in any sense which is not hostile to the written word of God, and especially when, as under the local a3t of this parish, the deprecated compul sory support of religion is enforced in terms which conceal from the parishioners the real intention of the law." (It appears that in Bethnal-green there is no actual church rate, bat the amount necessary for the repair of the fabric of the church is raised under what is called a " composition rate.") The Rev. Mr. HOOPER seconded the motion, and pointed out the nature of the grievance of which the parishioners of Bethnal-green had to complain. No one seemed to know how or when the act passed through Parliament, but every one knew that it conferred almost unlimited powers upon the vestry to rate the parish for church purposes. He com plained that many items were paid out of church rates which were clearly illegal, such as £3 6s. for but and boots for the beadle, visitation, confirma tion, and other fees, expenses of election of organist, payment of pew-openers, &3. Such charges he considered it was the duty of the parishieners to resist. Tao resolution was put to the meeting, and it was unanimously adopted. Mr. J. C. WILLIAMS moved the second resolu tion :—That as the churches erected under the several church building acts were built on the dis tinct understanding, repeatedly expressed in parlia ment, that they were not to be maintained by means of church rates, and, notwithstanding, ad vantage has been taken of the ambiguous language of the statutes to attempt to levy church rates in new parishes, this meeting is of opinion that the Church Building Acts ought not to be re-enacted by parliament, without the insertion of a clause which will distinctly prohibit the imposition of burdens on ratepayers for such a purpose, and that accordingly a petition to the House of Commons be signed by the meeting, and that the borough mem bers be requested to support its prayer." He went over at great length the history of church rates, and contended that the Attorney-Gencral had, embodied in his bill what parliament had explicitly declared should not b 3 done_ He had reason to believe that the Attorney-General intended by this bill to throw impediments in the way of a settlement of the church• rate question, and he had reason to believe that the learned gentleman would propose to modify his bill, by leaving out altogether the clause relating to church rates, so as to leave the question exactly where it stood at present. If this scheme of the - Attorney-General were allowed to pass a gross injustice would be done to the non-conform ing portion of the community. (Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more unjust than to permit churches to be erected by voluntary contributions throughout the country, and then to allow the whole community to be taxed for their support. (Cheers.) The Rev. H. D. NORTHROP seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. A petition to Parliament embodying the above resolutions was then agreed to, and entrusted to Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Butler for presentation, and the meeting separated. ENORMOUS CATCHES OF MACKEREL.—The COT. nish seine owners and fishermen are more than ever of opinion that the present season will prove to be the most productive one on record. The catches for the week end ing Saturday last were enormous, and many of the local markets were overstocked. On the Sunday large quanti ties of fish were hawked about the county in consequence of the heavy stock secured on the previous evening by the Newlyn, Mousehole, and other boats, on the arrival of which at a late hour a scene was presented of unusual ex citement and confusion. So great was the quantity of mac kerel landed that in many instances salesmen were unable to get a bid for their stock. Carts were filled and sent to the inland towns and villages, and one or two of the boats left for a port where it was hoped something like a price would be obtained. Numbers of the fishermerf, after despair ing of anything approaching ready sale, shared " catches" at random, and the process of opening and curing was commenced in earnest. Hundreds of poor people were thus employed not only throughout the night, but during many hours on the Sunday. Much of the fish was of first-rate quality, and many thousands were sold for 2s 6d to 3s per hundred of six score. On the same evening some "East-country" boats landed many thousands of fine mackerel at Penzance, where the same difficulty as de scribed above was experienced in getting rid of them. On the Saturday night also the St. Ives drift boats brought in large catches, which, as in other cases, were difficult to quit; one boat had 10,000. Altogether, there fore. the supply of mackerel secured in one night alone was enormous. On Monday the fishermen had not much success, but on 'Wednesday unmistakeable evidence was afforded throughout Cornwall that the catches on the pre vious night had again been large. On Wednesday evening there was what may be almost termed a blank, while on Thursday the fishermen again sailed in the tide of good lack, On Saturday the markets were literally glutted with mackerel, and prices were very low. At Truro even, a town which is by no means one of the cheapest mackerel markets, splendid fish were retailed at 10, 12, and (in the evening) 14 and 15 a shilling. Several scores of tons have been sent over the Cornwall railways, and some of the stations are almost unbearable on account of the great fish traffic dur ing the week. Notwithstanding the low prices some of the wholesale buyers have lost considerably during the past fortnight in consequence of the continued large supply of fish, the quality of which seems to be fully equalled, if not somewhat excelled at every catch, A CHILD POISONED BY BUTTERCUPS.- , .-All in quest was held on Monday last, at the Ball Hotel, Dartford, before Mr. C. J. Carrtar, coroner, on the body of a child named Sarah Elizabeth Heron, aged six years. It appeared by the evidence of the mother and father of the child that some time before death the deceased had com plained of feeling very unwell and in great pain about the body and legs. The mother afterwards discovered that the deceased had been eating buttercups from a field close by, and sent for a powder from a chemist's; but as the de ceased vomited a great deal, and presented every ear anne of having been poisoned, she hastened off fo r theparish surgeon at the house until the child was dead. A surgeon (Mr. Martin); but that gentlemandidno not arrive post mortem examination had been made, which c learl y p roved that the deceased had been poisoned by eating buttercups; and th e jury returned a verdict to that effect, but thought M r Martin might have attended sooner upon the deceased.— Maidstone Journal. ../It ICKET.—%.-,------ rEIE Two ELEVENS. I`l]l9 mat c h was resumed yesterday at Lord's Ground, and it will be seen that the U n ited Eleven has 2 04 runs to Witt. We subjoin th 11 England, first inni ngs, 218 ; second n s, 66 314. United, first i nn i ngs, 181. innings, sr total,ro :-- A EXTRAORDINARY LONG EYITY,—The obituary in the Ti mes of yester,ay contained more il lustrations 1 o f prolonged life than have appeared in this journal for a considerable time—viz., the deaths of four gentlemen and two ladies whose united ages amounted to 537, giving an average of 89 years and 6 months to each, and, as usual, the fair sex taking the lead, the eldest having reached the great age of 103, and the youngest 83 years of age; the oldest gentleman being 90 years and the youngest 85 years of age. Yesterday evening a public meeting was held in the new Iron Church, Brewers-fields, Bethnal green, for the phrpose of taking into consideration the Attorney. General's " Church Building and New Parishes Act Amendment Bill," which stands for second reading in the House of Commons next Friday evening. It was stated in the announcement calling the meeting that attention would also be called to the manner in which church rates were levied in the extensive parish of Bethnal-green, now split up into a number of ecclesiastical dis- SECOND EDITION. BUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Day, BATH RACES.—Tars DAY. BY ELECTRIC; TELEGRAPH. WELTER STAKES. Tippler •.. w,o, LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 1000 to 12 agst Sig,na;man (taken and offered) No other change. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, BATH RACES—Tnis DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELtGRAPR.) BADMINTON STARES. Attraction ............................ . ........... 1 Capucice filly Lady Clifden Seven ran. SELLING PLATE. Brother to Planet Tom Ashworth Poland.. Eight ran. WESTON STAKES. Ethelred Shrapnell Puritan Twenty-two ran. The race objected to, Started wrong side of post. SOMERE4ETSHIRE STAKES. Teneriffe (Clark) 1 Baldwin (Fordham) 2 Pearl Diver (Cannon) 3 Sea King (Adams) 0 Canary Deerstalker . (Loates) 0 Lord Cochrane (Grimahaw) 0 Betting at Starting-3 to 1 agst Teneriffe, 3to 1 agst Baldwin, 5 to 1 agst Pearl Diver, 5 to 1 agst Sea King, 100 to 15 agst Deerstalker. Won by a length; three parts of a length between the second and third. DYRHAM PARK HANDICAP. Minstrel Redcap ... Ten ran. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 45 to 1 agst Historian (offered) MANCHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Gaily' Wynnstay Col Crockett Six ran. UNION CUP. Hymettus Kirg of Utopia Flytrap 3 Eight ran. SAPLING STAKES. Wild Agnes East Lynne 2 Maggie 3 Similitude FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MANCHESTER RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. Wymastay . Little Duchess £rumps Seven ran. PHILLIPS HANDICAP. Persuasion Sea Boy Wensley filly Five ran. CITY BETTING—Tnrs DAY. MANCHESTER TRADESMEN'S Cur, sto 2 agst Trust (taken) 3to 1 agst Greville (taken) 6 to 1 agst Oldminster (offered) 6to 1 agst Dr. Rooke (offered) DERBY. sto 1 agst General Peel (offered) 6to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) 7to 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 7to 1 agst Birchbroom (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Coast Guard (offered) 12 to 1 agst Paris (taken) 100 to 6 agst Blair Athol (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ely (taken) 25 to 1 agst Baragah (offered) 25 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (offered) 25 to 1 agst Copenhagen (offered) 30 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken) 33 to 1 agst Forager (offered) 33 to 1 agst Historian (offered) 40 to 1 agst Ackworth (offered) 40 to 1 agst Strafford (taken) 40 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 40 to 1 agst Signalman (offered) 66 to 1 agat Idler (offered) 66 to 1 agst King John (offered) G 6 to 1 agst Dormouse (offered) MARKETS---This Day. BIARK-LANE. .. 1 .. 3 .. 1 .. 3 The supply of English wheat on sale here today was ver y moderate. The trade, however, ruled heavy for all qualities, at from is to fully 2s per quarter below the rates current at the close of last week. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. For all descriptions the demand was in a sluggish state, and prices had a downward tendency. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at barely late rates. The season for malting barley is now over. Grinding and distilling qualities met a slow sale, at previous quo tations. Malt sold heavily, at late rates. Oats, the supply of which was moderately good—were in slow request. at barely stationary prices. Beans and peas supported Monday's currency. The show of samples was limited. In flour only a moderate business was transacted, oz% former terms. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is dull, and prices have a d ownward ten dency. The accounts from the planta tions are ve r y favourable, ___....--.... PHOTOGRAPHY. Last week Poitevin nom* municated to the French Photographic Society a curious process of his for °brain photograph shl.. in relief and then put into on porcelain, a process which he callstid e ioplastic engrav ing. If a thick layer of bichronia gelatine receives the water, impressionthos those of p parts s h o t swell up that have been pro tected from the solar rays, so that all the shades of the ntilylrwoiLglh a negative , mint comes out in relief, while those answering to the light remain depressed. those In thi s . st ate . the impression on of n lithographic, thickness in the 1 e porcelain. which , gelatine resembles o.se ingenious views on porcelain, n m. apottleavminp, having placed behind, the shades are produced by various degrees obtained his impression on gelatine as above described, uses called it as mould which he covers with plastic porcelain, ' on which consequently the sunken parts are brought out ins relief. The plate thus prepared is then coated with a thin coloured enamel, and then baked in the oven. The picture thus comes out very distinct, the fusible enamel having mostly run into all the depressions. which here constitute the shades. Th e li g ht s, h owever, not being pure, t hi s is reme died by gri n di ng o ff t h e enamel careful l y on the spots re quired, until the porcelain is uncovered. This done, the plate is once more enamelled with a colourless glass and again ex. posed to the action of the fire—M. Kaiser, a Dutchman, proposes the following dry collodion process :—A glass plate is covered with collodion containing no bromide, but known to yield good impressions by the ordinary methods.. It is exposed to the action of the silver bath, then washed with filtered rain water, and afterwards with a mixture: of half a gramme of camphor, 100 cubic centimetres, of absolute alcohol, and two of acetic ether, so that none of the water of the previous washing may adhere to the plate. For this purpose the liquid is elo.vly delivered to the plate by one of the corners, and allowed to run oil at the opposite one, driving the water before it. The plate is now left to dry, protected from dust and all impurity. In order to develops the print he uses a solution of -- 1 gramme of pyrogallic acid, 2 do. of citric acid, dissolved in 100 cubic centimetres of distilled water, and a few drops of a solution of nitrate of silver at 6 per cent. The plates thus prepared may be preserved a month without losing their sensibility, and may be dos eloped several weeks after exposure to the light, bid:_ 103 100 100 100 100 20 72i i 2 1021 1031 3 35 i I